Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-01-21
A COAL FAMINE.
Imminent in Boston AS well as in Other
Cities

Imminent in Boston AS well as In Other
Cities
BosToN, Jan. 13.-Boston is threatened
with scarcity of coal unless the strike
of coal handlers at Jersey City is ended in
a few days. Never before, perhaps, has
the city been so directly interested in the
labor troubles of other sections of the
country. Those whose coal bins are near
ly empty are Watching with deep interest
the condition of affairs at the wharves at
Jersey City Those whose households
are well supplied are troubled with the
knowledge that their manufactures will
be obliged to shut down wholly or in part
unless the embargo is raised within two
or three weeks. Though there is no i'm
mediate cause for fear the possibility of a
long continued strike and the suffering
that must necessarily follow is viewed
with apprehension by those who are &C
quaihted with the real condition of the
coal market.
short supply at Providence.
PROVIDENCE, Jan. 13-The local coal
dealers are flooded with orders for coal,
and the demand continues to increase.
But very little coal has been received in
this city for the past week, and all the
dealers, with the exception of one, are
very short and unable to meet the demand.
Most of them have nearly exhausted their
bins, and they have been compelled to
place limit on all orders. Stove coal is
i'll the greatest demand, and one company
viii take orders only for one ton for
each person. Up to he present time none
of the mills or other manufactures have
been compelled to shut down on account
OF the short coal supply, and the larger
number of them at least will be able to
continue for week. At the same time,
however, some of the owners are trying
in every way possible to get enough coal
to make the future running of their ma
chlnery a certainty.
The situation at Brooklyn.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13-The Brooklyn
Coal Dealers association met last night to
discuss the strike of the coal handlers of
Jersey City Coal is dai Y growing scarcer
A committee reported that the New York
Exchange was no better off than when
the strike began 1t Is said there is less
than As hours supply in the Eastern dis
trct and but 1000 tons in South Brooklyn.
No agreement could be reached on rates
Coal Is selling for 81
Collieries Suspend Work.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Jan. 13.-As result
of the coal handlers strike at Perth Am
boy, Packer coleres Nos. 3, 4, and 5.
owned and operated by the Philadelphia
Coil company, suspended operations yes
terday for an indefinite period. Scarcity
of cars was the cause. The above colieries
are all situated near here, and in conse-
quenCe OF the suspension several thousand
men and boy are thrown idle. All the
collierles in this region shipping over the
Lehlgh Valley railroad are now closed
down.
Efforts of the strikers to Prevent the
Movement of Coal.
JERSEY CITY, y. j.. Jan. 16.-The Penn
sylvania railroad compauy's yard at Har-
sinus Cove, Jersey City, was invaded at
3 O'Clock this morning by party of about
$50 strikers and their sympathizers. They
marched directly to the float bridges
where the brakemen were engaged III
placing train of As gondoa coal cars
Ipon the transfer barges. The coal was
to be sent to High Bridge, n. Y, for the
use of the New York elevated roads. This
has been done nightly since the strike
was inaugurated, and the strikers had
Just heard of it. Ire brakemen were or
dered to quit work in tones that betokened
no refusal. They complied and left the
cars : the strikers followed them up the
yard as far as Henderson street. Here
the strikers remained Tor nearly an hour
When it was seen that the brakemen did
not return, the invaders marched through
Henderson street in the direction of Ho
bpkeu. During the interim several of
the brakemen returned TO the yard from
The Warren street entrance which was
not guarded hy the strikers. Word wa,
telephoued 10 them when the latter. dlsap-
peared. The braEeman then resumed
work and with the ass 81 auce OF the clerks,
watchmen AMI other employees of the